This release contains the interim regulatory impact statements for packages 1-3.
This release contains the interim regulatory impact statements for packages 1-3.
List of documents:
Infrastructure and development
- National Policy Statement for Infrastructure
- NPS Renewable Electricity Generation
- National Direction for electricity networks (updating NPSET 2008 and NES-ETA 2009)
- Amendments to the National Environmental Standards for Telecommunication Facilities
- National Environmental Standards for minor residential units (granny flats)
- Enabling papakāinga in Resource Management
- National Policy Statement on Natural Hazards
Freshwater
- Replacing the National Policy Statement for Freshwater Management
- Commercial Vegetable Growing
- Water security and water storage
- Simplifying the wetland provisions in the NPS Freshwater Management and NES Freshwater
- Simplifying the fish passage regulations in the NES Freshwater
- Options to amend regulations for farming activities - as it relates to standards in the NES Freshwater, see Part B
- Amending human drinking water source protection policies
- Interim Treaty Impact Analysis for the freshwater package
Note the ‘Criteria’ tables have been updated in the freshwater RISs on 11 June 2025, after a formatting error meant the incorrect description was included in the previous version published 29 May 2025.
Primary sector
- NES Marine Aquaculture
- National Environment Standards for Commercial Forestry
- New Zealand Coastal Policy Statement amendments to policies 6 and 8
- National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land
- Providing a consistent consenting pathway for quarrying and mining affecting significant natural areas, highly productive land and wetlands
- Options to amend regulations for farming activities - as it relates to Stock Exclusion Regulations - see Part A